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Bleeding Events After ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients Randomized to an All-comer Clinical Trial Compared With Unselected Patients

  • Golnaz Sadjadieh*
  • , Thomas Engstrøm
  • , Dan Eik Høfsten
  • , Steffen Helqvist
  • , Lars Køber
  • , Frants Pedersen
  • , Peter Nørkjær Laursen
  • , Hedvig Bille Andersson
  • , Lars Nepper-Christensen
  • , Peter Clemmensen
  • , Rikke Sørensen
  • , Erik Jørgensen
  • , Kari Saunamäki
  • , Hans Henrik Tilsted
  • , Henning Kelbæk
  • , Lene Holmvang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Most studies reporting bleedings in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are reports from clinical trials, which may be unrepresentative of incidences in real-life. In this study, we investigated 1-year bleeding and mortality incidences in an unselected STEMI population, and compared participants with nonparticipants of a randomized all-comer clinical trial (The Third DANish Study of Optimal Acute Treatment of Patients with STEMI (DANAMI-3)). Hospital charts were read and bleedings classified according to thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) and Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) criteria in 2,490 consecutive STEMI patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a single, large, and tertiary heart center. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction minor and/or major bleeding (TMMB) occurred in 4.4% day 0 to 30 and 2.1% day 31 to 365. DANAMI-3 nonparticipants (n = 887) had significantly higher 30-day bleeding rates than DANAMI-3-participants (n = 1,603) (7.2% vs 2.9%, p <0.0001), but not thereafter (p = 0.8). DANAMI-3 nonparticipation was significantly associated with 30-day TMMB (hazard ratio, 1.8, 95% confidence interval, 1.2 to 2.8, p = 0.007), but this did not persist after adjusting for resuscitated cardiac arrest, Killip-class>2 and anemia. Patients with cardiac arrest, Killip-class>2, and anemia accounted for 70.0% of 30-day TMMBs, and the majority of these patients were DANAMI-3 nonparticipants. TMMB day 0 to 30 was associated with increased 30-day mortality (hazard ratio 3.1, 95% confidence interval 1.9 to 5.2, p <0.0001) but not thereafter (p = 0.9). In conclusion, we found that clinical trial (DANAMI-3) nonparticipants had significantly more TMMBs within 30 days than participants. Patients with resuscitated cardiac arrest, anemia, and Killip-class>2 were accountable for a high rate of TMMBs. Bleeding incidences from clinical trials cannot be translated to an unselected STEMI population.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1287-1296
Number of pages10
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume122
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2018

Funding

This research is supported by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, the Danish Council for Strategic Research (EDITORS, grant 09-066994 ), the Danish Heart foundation , the Research foundation of Rigshospitalet , the Research Foundation of the Department of Cardiology in Rigshospitalet , the A.P. Møller Foundation , and the Aase and Einar Danielsen Foundation . Dr. Køber reports grants from The Danish Research Foundation. Dr. Engstrøm reports fees from St. Jude Medical, Bayer, Boston Scientific and AstraZeneca. Dr. Clemmensen reports grants from Abbott, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli-Lilly, Evolva, Fibrex, Janssen, Merck, Myogen, Medtronic, Mitsubishi Pharma, The Medicines Company, Nycomed, Organon, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Regado, Sanofi, Searle, Servier, ViFor Pharma, and Zoll Medical Corporation. The remaining authors have nothing to declare.

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